As of July 2026, Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 aired in 1990 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Paramount Plus. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4

1990 26 Episodes Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure ⭐ 8/10

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 has built a real following on and among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 1,787 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Patrick Stewart anchors it with a performance that grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 earns its spot. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. As Riker tries to save the Enterprise and the Earth from a powerful alien race, Captain Picard's life hangs in the balance. The crew faces their own demons and must overcome their own obstacles to continue their mission. This leads Data to return to his creator to better understand emotions. Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1990. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

For late-night viewing or a proper weekend binge, Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 fits the bill. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Patrick Stewart anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.

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🎬 Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
The Best of Both Worlds (2)
1990-09-24
Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
E2
Family
1990-10-01
Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.
E3
Brothers
1990-10-08
Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. S...
E4
Suddenly Human
1990-10-15
Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.
E5
Remember Me
1990-10-22
Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.
E6
Legacy
1990-10-29
Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.
E7
Reunion
1990-11-05
Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.
E8
Future Imperfect
1990-11-12
Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.
E9
Final Mission
1990-11-19
Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.
E10
The Loss
1990-12-01
Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.
E11
Data's Day
1991-01-07
Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.
E12
The Wounded
1991-01-28
Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.
E13
Devil's Due
1991-02-04
Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.
E14
Clues
1991-02-11
Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.
E15
First Contact
1991-02-18
Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.
E16
Galaxy's Child
1991-03-11
Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from dange...
E17
Night Terrors
1991-03-18
Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.
E18
Identity Crisis
1991-03-25
Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.
E19
The Nth Degree
1991-04-01
Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.
E20
Qpid
1991-04-22
Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.

🎭 Cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4

Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Frakes
William T. Riker
Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner
Data
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn
Worf
Marina Sirtis
Marina Sirtis
Deanna Troi
Gates McFadden
Gates McFadden
Beverly Crusher

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